Amazon to Open Second Fulfillment Center in Joliet and Create 2,000 Full-Time Jobs
May 25 2016 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to open
its second fulfillment center in Joliet, Illinois. The company will
create more than 2,000 full-time jobs at the facility in addition
to the 1,500 full-time employees currently working at its existing
Joliet facility.
“We have found an abundance of talent in Joliet and we are
excited to bring a new fulfillment center to the city and create
2,000 great full-time jobs with benefits,” said Akash Chauhan,
Amazon’s vice president of North American operations. “This
community and the elected officials throughout the city and state
have been very supportive of Amazon and we thank them for helping
make this possible.”
"By expanding its investments and operations in Illinois, Amazon
will employ thousands more hardworking residents to grow our
economy,” Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner said. “Amazon is a global
business leader, making significant commitments to Illinois and our
workforce. This expansion is a vote of confidence in the state's
new way of doing economic development in Illinois with the ILBEDC
working alongside the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.”
Amazon employees at the new 700,000 square-foot Joliet
fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship smaller items to
customers like books, toys and electronics.
Full-time employees at Amazon receive competitive hourly wages
and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, 401(k)
and company stock awards starting on day one, as well as generous
maternity and parental leave benefits.
Amazon also offers employees innovative programs like Career
Choice, where it will pre-pay 95 percent of tuition for courses
related to in-demand fields, regardless of whether the skills are
relevant to a career at Amazon. Since the program’s launch,
employees are pursuing degrees in game design and visual
communications, nursing, IT programming and radiology, to name a
few. The company recently announced plans to work with nearby
Joliet Junior College to assist associates looking to enroll in
courses as part of the Career Choice Program. Amazon also made a
$5,000 donation to the school’s Veterans Resource Center to support
a scholarship program that assists military veterans with tuition
as they transition to civilian roles following service.
“We are excited about Amazon opening a second facility in
Joliet,” said Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk. “Their confidence in our
community demonstrates that Joliet can attract the best employers
in the e-commerce industry sector.”
“We welcome the continued expansion by Amazon in Will County,”
noted John Greuling, president and CEO of the Will County Center
for Economic Development. “The new jobs this project will bring
provide tremendous career opportunities for residents throughout
the region.”
To learn more about working at an Amazon fulfillment center,
visitwww.workatamazonfulfillment.com.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The
company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit
www.amazon.com/about.
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